The 2007 Toronto International Film Festival was a 32nd annual film festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It ran from September 6, 2007 to September 15, 2007.[1] The lineup consisted of 349 films from 55 countries, selected from 4156 submissions. The selection included 275 mid- to feature length films, of which 234 were premieres, with 71 by first-time directors.[2] The festival was attended by members of the industry, press and general public. It opened with the world premiere of Jeremy Podeswa's Fugitive Pieces, a film based on the international bestselling novel by Anne Michaels,[3] and closed with Paolo Barzman's Emotional Arithmetic.[4] [edit] Film reception Critical favourites included No Country for Old Men, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days which were equally well received at the Cannes Film Festival, plus the Joy Division biopic Control which, along with the eponymously titled documentary on the band, Joy Division, was picked up by The Weinstein Company. Peter Howell of the Toronto Star named Sidney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead a major Oscar contender.[5] The audience favourite, David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises, won the top prize at the festival. The New York Times pointed out that two previous winners had gone on to win Best Picture Oscars.[6] Highly-discussed but divisive films among the public and critics include comedies Juno and Margot at the Wedding, the Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There and Brian De Palma's Iraq War documentary Redacted. Films expected to stir controversy for their transgressive sexual content, such as Ang Lee's Lust, Caution, Alan Ball's Nothing Is Private and Martin Gero's Young People Fucking, did divide audiences but without fanfare. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Across the Universe both won their share of supporters despite previous reports of shooting delays and director-studio clashes.[5] [edit] Awards In addition, film director and historian Peter Bogdanovich was awarded the International Federation of Film Archives Award for his contribution towards film preservation. The award was presented at a screening of Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion (1937) which Bogdanovich selected to illustrate the importance of film restoration.[8] [edit] Programmes [edit] Canada First! The Canada First! programme features first or second time Canadian film directors and established Canadian filmmakers who have not previously appeared in the festival. Eight films were selected to appear in the festival.[9] Stéphane Lafleur's directorial debut Continental, a Film Without Guns won the Citytv Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film and a CDN$15 000 bursary.[7] [edit] Canadian Open Vault The Canadian Open Vault programme features a recently restored and iconic Canadian film.[10] Quebec-based filmmaker Francis Mankiewicz's Good Riddance was selected. The film has previously won eight Genie Awards and appeared on every Canada's Ten Best film survey.[11][12] [edit] Canadian Retrospective The Canadian Retrospective programme features a section of films representing an aspect of the history of Canadian cinema. It was the seventh year the festival has held the retrospective.[13] Influential Québécois filmmaker Michel Brault was spotlighted through nine films he directed or shot. He has been credited for his visual style and creating some of the most important films to come from Quebec. In conjunction, the Toronto International Film Festival Group published a book on Brault, Cinema as History: Michel Brault and Modern Quebec by Andre Loiselle.[14] - Acadia Acadia?!? (L'Acadie, l'Acadie?!?, 1971) directed by Michel Brault and Pierre Perrault
- Chronicle of a Summer (Chronique d'un été, 1961) directed by Edgar Morin and Jean Rouch
- Drifting Upstream (Entre la mer et l'eau douce, 1967) directed by Michel Brault
- Geneviève (1964) directed by Michel Brault
- Wrestling (La Lutte, 1961) directed by Claude Fournier, Marcel Carrière, Claude Jutra and Michel Brault
- The Paper Wedding (Les Noces de papier, 1989) directed by Michel Brault
- Orders (Les Ordres, 1974) directed by Michel Brault
- The Moon Trap (Pour la suite du monde, 1963) directed by Pierre Perrault and Michel Brault
- The Snowshoers (Les Raquetteurs, 1968) directed by Gilles Groulx and Michel Brault
[edit] Contemporary World Cinema | Contemporary World Cinema | | Number of films | 62 | | Language | International | The Contemporary World Cinema programme features films from around the world. It included premieres and prize-winning films from other festivals. Sixty-two films were selected,[15] including eight from Canada.[16] [edit] Dialogues: Talking With Pictures The Dialogues: Talking With Pictures series features a selection of classic films which are chosen and introduced by well-known directors or artists who have found a given film influential or pivotal throughout the course of their own career.[17] Eight films were selected between nine filmmakers and artists.[18] [edit] Discovery | Discovery | | Number of films | 14 | | Language | International | The Discovery programme features the work of new film directors from around the world. Fourteen films were selected.[19] Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán's feature debut Cochochi won the DIESEL Discovery Award and a CDN$10 000 bursary. The International Federation of Film Critics returned to the festival for the 16th year and awarded Rodrigo Plá's La Zona the FIPRESCI Prize.[7] [edit] Doc Talks The Doc Talk series features discussions with various documentary filmmakers on topics such as the future of the medium and their work and its subject matter.[20] Clips from their new and upcoming documentaries are screened. The series was opened to the public for the first time. Topics included biography films, Michel Brault, war and democracy.[21] [edit] Future Projections | Future Projections | | Language | International | The Future Projections programme features non-theatrical installations in various mediums.[22] This marked the programme's inaugural run. Nine installations were curated by the Toronto International Film Festival Group and other Torontonian cultural institutions. Admission was free for all exhibitions, with the exception of the exhibit at the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery which was free only to Festival passholders.[23] [edit] Gala Presentations Gala Presentations spotlights prestige films of Canadian, American and foreign-language origins in equal measure. They are often world or North American premieres and are screened at the Roy Thomson Hall. Twenty films were selected.[19] David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises received the Cadillac People's Choice Award.[7] [edit] Masters | Masters | | Number of films | 20 | | Language | International | The Masters programme features films by world renowned filmmakers. Twenty films were selected.[24] [edit] Mavericks Mavericks features discussions with film industry and other professionals.[25] Four events were held on a variety of socio-political topics. Former President of the United States Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter discussed their activist work after his presidential term. Comedians Bill Maher and Larry Charles tackled religion. Mira Nair brought together three other Indian filmmakers who covered HIV/AIDS and screened four new short films on the subject. Finally, the conflict in Sudan was discussed by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, and a panel of filmmakers.[26] - Everything to Gain: A Conversation with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter (Jonathan Demme's Man from Plains); moderated by Allan Gregg
- Mira Nair Presents: Four Views on AIDS in India with Mira Nair (Migration), Santosh Sivan (Prarambha), Vishal Bharadwaj (Blood Brothers) and Farhan Akhtar (Positive); moderated by Mira Nair and Ashok Alexander (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Indian HIV/AIDS initiative)
- Religulous: A Conversation with Bill Maher and Larry Charles with Bill Maher and Larry Charles (Religulous)
- The Time Is Now: A Conversation About Darfur with Luis Moreno-Ocampo (Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court), Don Cheadle (actor, activist), Adam Sterling (co-founder, Sudan Divestment Task Force), Ted Braun (director, Darfur Now), Mark Jonathan Harris (producer, Darfur Now) and Cathy Schulman (producer, Darfur Now)
[edit] Midnight Madness [edit] Real to Reel [edit] Short Cuts Canada [edit] Special Presentations - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 sǎptǎmâni şi 2 zile) directed by Cristian Mungiu
- Angel directed by François Ozon
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford directed by Andrew Dominik
- Atonement directed by Joe Wright
- Battle in Seattle directed by Stuart Townsend
- Before the Devil Knows You're Dead directed by Sidney Lumet
- Before the Rains directed by Santosh Sivan
- Bill directed by Melisa Wallack and Bernie Goldmann
- The Brave One directed by Neil Jordan
- Captain Mike Across America directed by Michael Moore
- To Each His Own Cinema (Chacun son cinéma) directed by Theo Angelopoulos, Olivier Assayas, Bille August, Jane Campion, Youssef Chahine, Chen Kaige, David Cronenberg, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Manoel de Oliveira, Raymond Depardon, Atom Egoyan, Amos Gitai, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Aki Kaurismäki, Abbas Kiarostami, Takeshi Kitano, Andrei Konchalovsky, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, David Lynch, Nanni Moretti, Roman Polanski, Raúl Ruiz, Walter Salles, Elia Suleiman, Tsai Ming-liang, Gus Van Sant, Lars von Trier, Wim Wenders, Wong Kar-wai and Zhang Yimou
- Chaotic Ana (Caótica Ana) directed by Julio Medem
- Death Defying Acts directed by Gillian Armstrong
- The Girl in the Park directed by David Auburn
- Grand Illusion (La Grand Illusion, 1937) directed by Jean Renoir; introduced by director Peter Bogdanovich
- Here Is What Is directed by Adam Vollick, Daniel Lanois and Adam Samuels
- Honeydripper directed by John Sayles
- I'm Not There directed by Todd Haynes
- In Bloom directed by Vadim Perelman
- In the Valley of Elah directed by Paul Haggis
- Into the Wild directed by Sean Penn
- Juno directed by Jason Reitman
- Lars and the Real Girl directed by Craig Gillespie
- Love Comes Lately directed by Jan Schütte
- Lust, Caution (pinyin: Sè, Jiè) directed by Ang Lee
- Mad Detective directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai
- Man from Plains directed by Jonathan Demme
- Margot at the Wedding directed by Noah Baumbach
- Married Life directed by Ira Sachs
- Mongol directed by Sergei Bodrov
- My Winnipeg directed by Guy Maddin
- Nightwatching directed by Peter Greenaway
- No Country for Old Men directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- Nothing Is Private directed by Alan Ball
[edit] Sprockets Family Zone [edit] Vanguard [edit] Visions [edit] Wavelengths [edit] References - ^ "Toronto International Film Festival Announces Complete Lineup Of Programming Including 349 Films From 55 Countries". Toronto International Film Festival Group. August 2007. http://www.tiffg.ca/content/mediacentre/viewrelease.asp?recordId=485. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ "Fact Sheet". Toronto International Film Festival Group. August 2007. http://www.tiffg.ca/content/mediacentre/viewrelease.asp?recordId=490. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ "World Premiere Of Jeremy Podeswa's Fugitive Pieces To Open Festival". Toronto International Film Festival Group. May 2007. http://www.tiffg.ca/content/mediacentre/viewrelease.asp?recordId=438. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ "Emotional Arithmetic Announced As Closing Night Film". Toronto International Film Festival Group. July 2007. http://www.tiffg.ca/content/mediacentre/viewrelease.asp?recordId=468. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ a b Howell, Peter (September 2007). "No hive mentality at this year's TIFF". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/article/257076. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
- ^ Best Picture winners American Beauty and Chariots of Fire had both previously won the People's Choice Award.
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- ^ "Von Sydow, Kuwabara, Loach, Burstyn, Lumet, Bogdanovich, Dong, Kwan And Attenborough In Dialogues". Toronto International Film Festival Group. August 2007. http://www.tiffg.ca/content/mediacentre/viewrelease.asp?recordId=488. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ a b "Discovery". Toronto International Film Festival Group. 2007. http://tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/discovery/. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ "Doc Talks". Toronto International Film Festival Group. 2007. http://tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/doctalks/. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ "Doc Talks Now Open To The Public, Plus Political Personalities And Legendary Music Artists Headline At TIFF". Toronto International Film Festival Group. August 2007. http://www.tiffg.ca/content/mediacentre/viewrelease.asp?recordId=487. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ "Future Projections". Toronto International Film Festival Group. 2007. http://tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/futureprojections/. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ "Film Meets Visual Arts Throughout Toronto With New Programme: Future Projections". Toronto International Film Festival Group. August 2007. http://www.tiffg.ca/content/mediacentre/viewrelease.asp?recordId=478. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ "Masters". Toronto International Film Festival Group. 2007. http://tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/masters/. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
- ^ "Mavericks". Toronto International Film Festival Group. 2007. http://tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/masters/. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
- ^ "Carter! Moreno-Ocampo! Maher! Pious Comedy And Presidential Activism Come Together Under Politically Charged Mavericks Programme". Toronto International Film Festival Group. August 2007. http://www.tiffg.ca/content/mediacentre/viewrelease.asp?recordId=486. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
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